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Thursday, November 26, 2009

Happy Thanksgiving! I hope everyone got out to run this morning before the parades and eating festivities begin. I started the day at the first annual Earlysville Turkey Trot 5K and kids half mile. I convinced my girls this would be a fun way to start Thanksgiving. Both girls came with me and they did great - they even showed a little competitiveness passing some other kids in the last 100 meters.

As for me, I'm pretty pleased with my performance. I ran my fastest 5K of the year, in 19:22 (unofficial watch time). I placed 6th overall, and 1st in my age group. I felt pretty good right up until the last hill at 2.5 miles. What a nasty place to put a hill. I have to admit that I probably gave up a few seconds there.

For a first year race, it went pretty well. The race directors were completely overwhelmed with the registration and sign in, but to be fair, they only anticipated ~90 runners. Everyone was surprised when more than 275 people showed up. I'll plan on running it again next year and hopefully my girls will too.

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I'm a pathetically inconsistent runner who needs accountability. So here it is - I've challenged myself to a running streak of 1000 straight days. The flu won my first attempt that ended at 364 days, but I'm back at it for 2009. Well, that was the case anyway. In 2011, I accomplished my goal and have run right on past it. In 2012, I start my 4th year of running everyday. while I don't post here as frequently as I have in the past, you can still follow me on Twitter or over at Dailymile Drop by and say hello and I'll occasionally come back here and update the site.